XL: How to Create Yes and No Buttons for a Custom Message Box

ID: Q142142

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0

SUMMARY

By default, the MsgBox function in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications procedure contains a single OK button. However, there are other buttons that you can have displayed in the message box. This article provides a sample Visual Basic macro (Sub procedure) that displays a message box with Yes and No buttons; the article also explains how to retrieve the information about which button a user clicks to dismiss the message box.

MORE INFORMATION

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub Msgbox_Yes_No()
      Dim Response As Integer

      ' Displays a message box with the yes and no options.
      Response = MsgBox(prompt:="Select 'Yes' or 'No'.", Buttons:=vbYesNo)

      ' If statement to check if the yes button was selected.
      If Response = vbYes Then
         MsgBox "You selected 'Yes'."
      Else
         ' The no button was selected.
         MsgBox "You selected 'No'."
      End If

   End Sub

When the macro is run, a message box will be displayed with Yes and No buttons. If you click the Yes button, the macro displays a message box telling you that you clicked the Yes button. When you click the No button, a message box appears stating that you clicked the No button.

REFERENCES

"Visual Basic User's Guide," version 5.0, Chapter 11, Displaying Information with the MsgBox Function"

For more information about Displaying a Message Box in a Macro in Microsoft Excel, version 7.0, 97 or 98, click Answer Wizard on the Help menu and type:

   tell me about a message box

For more information about Displaying a Message Box in a Macro in Microsoft Excel version 5.0, choose Programming with Visual Basic, choose Search and type:

   msgbox

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

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Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999